Irish Film Institute -Film Directory

Patchwork Family

Sara Sulej, 55 minutes, 2023

Patchwork Family is a documentary showcasing a passion for life, music, and creation. The band consists of 12 musicians. The film delves into the lives of each band member, exploring their history, and gradually assembles the individual pieces of the…

Patrick – A Slave to Ireland

Ruán Magan, 90 minutes, 2025

One thousand five hundred years ago the man known today as Saint Patrick decided to take upon himself an extraordinary mission: he would bring his Christian faith to the people of Ireland who were considered at the time to be…

Patrick’s Day

Terry McMahon, 101 minutes, 2014

Boasting an array of festival accolades (including Audience Awards at the Galway and Cork Film Festivals), Terry McMahon’s second feature bursts confidently onto the screen. Patrick (Moe Dunford) is a warm, open, 26-year-old with schizophrenia. His life is regulated through…

Pauline Bewick: Yellow Man, Grey Man

Maurice Galway, 52 minutes, 2013

In Pauline Bewick: Yellow Man, Grey Man, artist Maurice Galway examines the hugely successful series of work by Pauline known as The Yellow Man. "I was searching for the perfect society. That's why I went to the South Pacific and…

Pavee Lackeen

Perry Ogden, 88 minutes, 2005

Photographer Perry Ogden’s intimate portrait of Winnie, a resilient and spirited young Traveller, and her family who live in a dilapidated trailer on the side of the road in a desolate industrialised area of Dublin. The film presents an unflinching…

Peacefire

Macdara Vallely, 87 minutes, 2008

Winner of the Best First Feature award at the Galway Film Fleadh 2008, Peacefire, the feature debut of writer-director Macdara Vallely, is a gritty, moving and bitterly funny account of one young man’s experience of crime and punishment on a…

The Peacemaker

James Demo, 90 minutes, 2016

James Demo's feature documentary is an intimate portrait of international peacemaker Padraig O'Malley, an Irish man who helps make peace for others but struggles to find it for himself. Padraig has worked in conflict resolution for over 40 years. Among…

The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby

Seamus Murphy, 74 minutes, 2022

This creative documentary investigates the idiosyncratic world of Irish writer Pat Ingoldsby. Ingoldsby’s poems and candid anecdotes bear witness to a visceral relationship with his beloved Dublin and its many social, institutional and architectural changes over 80 years. He is…

Peggy and the Grim

Luke Morgan, 8 minutes, 2019

Peggy gets a visit from the Grim Reaper.

Pentecost

Peter McDonald, 11 minutes, 2011

An Academy Award-nominated short, Pentecost brings us into the life of disgraced altar boy Damien Lynch (Scott Graham). A consistent trouble-maker at mass, Damien finds he has gone too far when his antics leave him grounded and banned from watching…

Search

Search multiple categories

Film Directory